Notepads and fountain pens

In this video, I discuss and show two of my favourite brands of notepads: J. Lalo Vergé de France (slightly textured paper) and Clairefontaine Triomphe (ultra-smooth paper). I also do a few writing samples with different pens, to give you an impression of the paper.

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Howto & Style

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• notepad
• clairefontaine
• triomphe
• g.
• lalo
• verge
• de
• france
• exacompta
• paper
• review

[atosov]

I love Clairefontaine paper. It never occurred to me that "vergé" might be a word in French: I always assumed that it was just a name, like "Hergé." But you are right: in application to paper, it is the equivalent of the English term "laid."

By the way, the "-aine" of "Clairfontaine" is not nasalized (rhymes with "peine," not with "chien"), while the "-om" of "Triomphe" is (I can't think of a rhyme for that, but in phonetic notation it's [tʁjɔ̃f]).

[sbrebrown]

@atosov Yes, the more I think about it, the more I see you are correct about the pronunciation: thanks for pointing it out!

[sbrebrown]

@Yootjoob You can't go wrong with a Visconti :-)! Enjoy your pen!

[Yootjoob]

@sbrebrown I just purchased a Visconti Homo Sapien, and i am hypnotised a real beauty and a very sweet writer.(smmmooooth)

I would advise you buy one , you won't be sorry.

Thanks for your replay.

[sbrebrown]

@mkglobetrotter I know the feeling, I take an interest in too many things :-). Would be interesting to do calligraphy in a self-bound notebook!

[mkglobetrotter]

@sbrebrown You're too kind! I simply take interest in a great many things. ;) So far, I've only bound a total of three books. It's difficult to find quality paper of the right size, so I often have to make books that are smaller or narrower than standard notebooks. It's fun to make, though! :)

[sbrebrown]

@mkglobetrotter You bookbind too? You sound like a creative person!

[mkglobetrotter]

Thanks for this! I like to bookbind from time to time, and I think these brands would be good candidates for my next projects. At the moment, I'm working with 100% cotton Crane paper, which is nice. Like the G. Lalo, Crane has some texture but it's not too bad.

[sbrebrown]

@shrumpkin Ah, I see! Anyway, I did get a couple of small Rhodia notebooks recently, so perhaps I'll review them too :-).

[sbrebrown]

@20conv Okay, I'll see what I can do :-).